Is it natural? TM and all/No offense intended

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yes"> I am reminded that the highest state,

the state of the Jnani is called Sahaj. Sahaj means easy and natural.

So Sahaj Samadhi is considered the

highest state, as it is the natural state. My teacher used to say that Sahaj is

a state of complete harmlessness or Ahimsa towards oneself and others, as one

does not see others as different from oneself.

 

Based on this notion,

my criteria for judging things (anything) when I was an adolescent was, “Is it

natural? Is it easy?”

 

When I was in college,

many of my friends were learning TM. I told them, it’s just mantra meditation.

You don’t have to pay 500 dollars for it. I can give you for free. If I had had

a business sense I could have offered half price mantras for 250 dollars. Maybe

even less on mantra clearance days.

 

Well my friends told me

the benefits of TM and that I should get into it. They were nice friends.

Beautiful friends. If I had had any sense of groupship or fellowship back then,

I would have joined. But I asked them instead, “Is it natural? Is it really

natural to sit for 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes at night and recite

a mantra? Should we not be chasing rabbits in the morning and singing after

dinner at night?” These questions irritated them. “Sit for 20 minutes in the

morning and 20 minutes at night”, they said. “What if you go over or stay under

by a couple of minutes, “ I would ask. “Watches man, watches. What do you think

they are there for? 20 minutes in the morning and 20 at night. Pretty soon you

won’t need a watch to tell time. It is a siddhi you see. Wanna levitate baby!

We can teach you to jump like a frog!”

 

“No thanks. Jumping

like a frog sitting in a lotus position doesn’t seem natural to me,” I would

say.

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Well you know what, it

worked for them. Or at least it works for many. One of my friends came and

swore to me that he saw this girl who did TM levitate. He swore by it and said

it was no trick. This girl levitated right in front of him. After that my

friend’s favorite line to girls was, “Wanna levitate baby. I can teach you to

levitate.”

 

So it’s natural for

them. My feeling is that if a meditation method feels natural, it’s good. You

are not forcing or struggling with yourself. Wanna levitate baby!

 

And yet what is natural

for one may not be natural for another. There came a point when I sat for

meditation for 3-4-5-6 hours took a little break and started again. It went on

like that for years. Then, I used to think TM is for sissies. 20 minutes in the

morning, 20 minutes in evening. Ha!

Wanna really levitate baby!

 

Does it feel natural?

Whatever the thing in question is (food, sensuality, meditation, exercise,

jogging), if one can answer yes, it feels natural then one can feel

comfortable. Food that does not suit us puts us in a state of discomfort. This

can be applied to all other things. No point in doing things which make one

uncomfortable. Wanna levitate baby! Like really levitate!

 

So the questions to ask

if one is inclined that way are, “ Does it feel natural? Does it harm me? Does

it harm anyone else.”? It seems

that if one does what feels natural in a state of nonviolence, one has found

the way to breathe in and breathe out in peace.

 

So go ahead. Jump like

a frog. I will jump with you if my knees will let me. We love you baby! Be

blissful.

 

I can teach you how to

levitate. My mantras are way more powerful than Jerry’s.

 

Love to all

Harsha

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